Monday, June 23, 2008

Sorry I was absent this weekend, that's because I attended the IMATS (International Makeup Artist Trade Show) at the Pasadena Convention Center. The show was both days, Saturday June 21 and Sunday June 22. I went with family- Erica and Tatiana, I also have to upload a video on my review of the show.

They showcased a lot of special FX/movie makeup, and it was really fun to see it from start to finish (as we were there early). There were a lot of people there from different aspects of the makeup and Hollywood industry, cinematic prosthetics, and even high fashion hair and makeup. They brought in corpse dummies from popular movies and shows such as CSI that looked INCREDIBLY REAL! They even had sessions on different areas of makeup such as eyebrow threading, specialFX, the movie Hellboy makeup, trends, and tons of other stuff!

There were many well-known as well as up and coming companies who exhibited, such as: MAC PRO, Kryolan, Graftobian, Cinema Secrets, Makeup Forever, Mehron, Naked Cosmetics, Senna Cosmetics, and much much more! MAC PRO was giving out MAC PRO membership to anyone WITHOUT the required documents as a show special AND they gave you a temporary one to use at the show, so my girlfriends got their membership on! Yup! You heard right, that means even if you NEVER touched a makeup product in your life, you were eligible for MAC Pro membership at the show. Many of the booths were selling their own products at a show special price as well as giving out samples left and right! They were selling makeup brushes of all kinds, and I mean ALL kinds, even brushes you probably never knew existed at $2 EACH! You know I had to nab a few! I also bought an 10-PAN Blush Palette from Auraline Cosmetics for ONLY $20 and Kryolan's "Invisible Matte" cream to prevent shine for only $6! It's $50+ in other places and the colors are gorgeous! (I will swatch them later). Tatiana bought a brush apron for only $15! And Erica enjoyed an airbrush session with Luminess.

We also got some FREE makeup from Senna Cosmetics.com, and they are so pigmented and really pretty for summer!

I also saw the gorgeous Elessa (a.k.a. Pursebuzz) and Koren (Enkore on YouTube). She is just so sweet and beautiful in person like she is in her YouTube videos! It was really nice meeting them at such a phenomenal show. It was by far, an AWESOME show!

And here are the pics to prove it! ***WARNING: SOME PICS ARE GRAPHIC*** Including an image depicted by a US soldier.

Our goodie bags:

The Makeup Contest:

Me & Pursebuzz! I look like crap since I woke up so early, LOL. And there's Enkore in the back!

In action!

I love Senna!

Our free loot:

The MAC PRO booth (look at everyone scrambling to get their MAC PRO cards!):

Makeup Forever Booth:

I want this!

They even had cotton candy!

Look how cute Tatiana is with her cotton candy, this girl is awesome at doing hair, she graduated from Cosmetology school and has her license, so watch out for her!

Erica with the Makeup Artist from Luminess Airbrush Cosmetics, trying on the airbrush foundation:

Result? She likes it! She really likes it! Look she even has pink cotton candy to match her shirt! LOL

whoa that show looks like so much fun! you're so lucky to have all that stuff near you...i'm going to the makeup show next year in miami, i already decided. the first corpse from the CSI show looks soooooo real! Let us know how you like the products you got...esp that matte cream, and i think those were crown brushes! i'm so excited for you!

looks like an awesome convention! i would have gone, but i never knew it existed! i'm amazed at how real those dummies look. they have some here at the wb museum at my work from past shows and movies. i'm interested in knowing more about the kryolan invisible mattifying cream. looking forward to a review!

I am beyond jealous! That place looks like HEAVEN to me :) Do you know if there is any place to buy the stuff there online? Like the brushes and whatnot? I'm really looking for a good brush roll. I know MAC makes one but I'm not sure if it's worth the money because I see train cases and makeup bags at the CCO sometimes..

Anyway, if you know the sites for the brush stuff or some of the palettes, please hit me back (kimberlyanguyen@gmail.com)

ZOMG! *drools* so jealous! All that make up porn! That special fx makeup is AMAZING! WOW! The power of make up is totally beyond just blush and looking pretty, its for movies and corpses, and brains! :P

lucky girl! i actually wanted to go to this too... but i couldn't because there was tons of family stuff going on this weekend, what with my two brothers graduating there were parties and what not happening this weekend. LUCKY! :) looks so awesome there... *jealous*

I do have a request and its very small and I hope it doesn't offend you.

I'm an Army wife, and my husband is currently deployed. I don't blanch at movies with dead soldiers or violence. But that model of a soldier with his stomach and chest splayed open...it really shook me. I know you said there was graphic pictures, but I certainly wasn't expecting *that*.

Could you add a disclaimer at the top about a soldier being featured in one of the pictures? I'm a pretty stoic person and I would really hate for a less-stoic spouse to come across that.

SOOOOOO jealous!!! I'm glad you had a good time though! It must have been cool to meet all the YouTube Celebs LoL! I wish MAC would open up their Pro memberships more..even if you had to spend a certain amount with the company before they gave you a card, it would allow girls who simply LOVE make-up to get on board. Not everyone wants to be an artist. Anywho, glad you had a good time! I am infinitely jealous!

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